Pastor Ed Kang’s Devotion: You are priesthood Submitted by Ray Choi, Gracepoint Berkeley Focusing on the themes of speech and unity, what lessons are there in these three passages? In Genesis 11, the focal point of their attempted unity was THEMSELVES (“make a name for ourselves”), in defiance of God by trying to build a [...]
Click here to download the commentary. “The throne is set right in the midst of the new Jerusalem, where the living waters stream from the throne of God (22:1) and God’s servants are marked with the divine name and will see God face to face (22:4). God is no longer far off but immediate and [...]
Click here to download the commentary. v.1 “The new earth became a familiar topic of Jewish end-time discussion, normally occurring after the resurrection of the dead. At a minimum, the earth had to be purified. But in many end-time scenarios, the Day of Judgment would transform the heavens and the earth. Two models of new [...]
Click here to download the commentary. “Interpreters of this chapter are divided into three broad schools of thought: premillennialists, who believe Jesus will return to establish a specific thousand-year kingdom; amillennialists, who generally believe that the thousand-year kingdom is symbolic for the present age; and postmillennialists, who believe that Christians help establish the thousand-year kingdom [...]
v.2 “The outburst of praise rests upon the fact that the judgments of God – specifically, his judgment of the great harlot – are true and righteous […] Constant reference to her corrupting influence upon the kings of the earth (14:8; 17:2; 18:3) stresses the extent of her guilt. Her fornication is her seductive and [...]
v.2 “Babylon was the name of both an evil city and an immoral empire, a world center for idol worship […] Just as Babylon was the Jews’ worst enemy, the Roman empire was the worst enemy of the early Christians. John, who probably did not dare speak against Rome openly, applied the name Babylon to [...]
Background: “In an important sense, the interpretation of this chapter controls the interpretation of the whole book of Revelation. For many exegetes, Babylon represents the city of Rome, and the beast stands for the Roman Empire. The seven hills (v.9) are the seven selected dynasties of Roman emperors from Augustus to Domitian. The ten kings [...]
Suggested Instructions Read the assigned passage for the day and answer the reflection question(s) provided. There are no memory verses. Click here to download the DT packet. Daily Devotion and Bible Reading Plan Monday 11/29 Revelation 17 Tuesday [...]
Click here to download the commentary. “Chapters 15 and 16 are one unit; preaching and teaching from any text in this unit should consider the function of the unit as a whole. The seven last plagues are announced in 15:1, and the last plague is referred to in 16:21. Although the action proceeds by pouring [...]
Click here to download the commentary vv.1-5 Who are the 144,000? “That the 144,000 are those ‘redeemed’ (14:3) and ‘purchased’ (14:4; both forms of the same Greek word, agorazo) from the earth and from among humanity reminds us that they stand for all believers (5:9). That the Lamb bought them more than makes up for [...]